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From: Media Cell AAP Sat, 28 Jun '14 4:05p
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Saturday, June 28
The Aam
Aadmi Party cautions the people of Delhi against a joint conspiracy hatched by
the BJP and the Congress to prevent the audit of the account books of private
power distribution companies by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG),
which will expose the large scale frauds committed by these discoms over the
past decade.
The
information available in the public domain so far shows that even six months
after the Arvind Kejriwal government had ordered the CAG audit of these
discoms, they are denying access of their account books to the CAG despite the
fact that all their desperate attempts so far to stall the audit have been
unsuccessful so far.
It is a
matter of shame that the CAG has been forced to ask the Delhi administration to
be “proactive” in ensuring that the discoms cooperate in the audit. This is a
clear evidence that the absence of an elected government in Delhi is being
utilized to thwart the audit, which can call the bluff of these discoms.
Following
the resignation of the Kejriwal government on February 14, these discoms have
been helped by first the Congress-led UPA government and now the BJP-led NDA’s
central government in their nefarious designs.
The
Congress reluctance in allowing the audit of discoms to proceed is
understandable, since the Sheila Dikshit government was hand in glove with
these discoms and helped them in repeatedly hiking the electricity tariffs in a
completely unjustified manner over the last one decade.
The
Shiela Dikshit government was a partner in crime and allowed the discoms to
make hefty profits at the cost of the common man and even opposed the audit of
their account books on false pretexts, since it would have exposed both of
them.
What is
extremely shocking is that the Narendra Modi-led central government, which is
now indirectly controlling the national capital through the Lieutenant
Governor, is equally hesitant in sternly telling these discoms that they have
no option than to cooperate with the CAG audit.
The AAP
would like to tell the union power minister Mr Piyush Goyal that the discoms,
which were solely responsible for the long and unending power cuts earlier this
month are not providing any charity service and they need not be treated with
kid gloves.
The
role of the central government and the LG is not merely advisory in this matter
and the AAP demands that in accordance with the provisions of the existing law,
they need to deal sternly with the erring discoms.
It is
the right of the people to know the results of the audit, which will result in
electricity tariffs coming down in Delhi, and the central government and the LG
should not fail in their constitutional duty.
Regards
AAP Media Cell
